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[Breaking News]Wildfire in Hiroshima Pref.

FUKUYAMA, Japan, May 19 Kyodo -Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a helicopter engaging in firefighting operations in Fukuyama in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on May 18, 2026. The fire, which broke out the previous day, was later put under control. (Kyodo)

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Wildfire in Hiroshima Pref.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a helicopter engaging in firefighting operations in Fukuyama in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on May 18, 2026. The fire, which broke out the previous day, was later put under control.

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Logistics Consortium Baton Joint Press Conference

Logistics Consortium Baton Joint Press Conference. photo shows from left: Hiroaki Shirota, President and CEO of Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance; Takuo Yoshikawa, President and CEO of Meitetsu NX Transport; Kazuo Takada, President and CEO of Tonami Transport; Satoshi Takahashi, President and CEO of Seino Transportation; Hiroyuki Kumano, President and CEO of Fukuyama Transport; Masahiro Koike, President and CEO of Tokio Marine Holdings.=November 20,2025,Japan

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Parade during Nagasaki lantern festival

Police officers manage traffic during a Nagasaki lantern festival parade in the southwestern Japan city on Feb. 17, 2024, as singer Masaharu Fukuyama, a native of Nagasaki Prefecture, takes part in the parade posing as a Qing dynasty Chinese emperor

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Parade during Nagasaki lantern festival

Police officers manage traffic during a Nagasaki lantern festival parade in the southwestern Japan city on Feb. 17, 2024, as singer Masaharu Fukuyama, a native of Nagasaki Prefecture, takes part in the parade posing as a Qing dynasty Chinese emperor.

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Kyoto gubernatorial election

KYOTO, Japan, April 9 Kyodo - Kazuhito Fukuyama, a 57-year-old lawyer, speaks in front of his supporters in Kyoto city after losing the gubernatorial election in Kyoto Prefecture on April 8, 2018. Former bureaucrat Takatoshi Nishiwaki won the election, fought between newcomers.

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LDP to win lower house majority

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuro Fukuyama, the policy chief of the major opposition Democratic Party of Japan, is interviewed for TV broadcasts at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on the night of Dec. 14, 2014, on the results of the day's lower house election. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will likely secure a majority in the election, according to Kyodo News exit polls and projections.

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LDP to win lower house majority

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuro Fukuyama, the policy chief of the major opposition Democratic Party of Japan, is interviewed for TV broadcasts at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on the night of Dec. 14, 2014, on the results of the day's lower house election. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will likely secure a majority in the election, according to Kyodo News exit polls and projections.

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Newly found letter by artist Yumeji Takehisa displayed

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A letter written by poet and painter Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934) to Shigeru Kuzuhara, an editor, is displayed at a museum in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 6, 2014. The letter is one of Takehisa's 20 writings newly discovered by Kuzuhara's grandson Makoto at his family home in Tokyo in June.

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Artist Yumeji Takehisa's writings newly found

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A museum in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, displays 20 newly discovered writings, including letters and postcards, by poet and painter Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934) on Dec. 6, 2014.

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Artist Yumeji Takehisa's writings newly found

HIROSHIM, Japan - Makoto Kuzuhara (R) sets out 20 newly found writings by poet and painter Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934), including letters and postcards, at a museum in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 6, 2014. Kuzuhara, whose grandfather Shigeru was close to Takehisa as an editor, discovered the writings at his family home in Tokyo in June.

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Anne Frank exhibit

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Makoto Otsuka (C), director of the Holocaust Education Center, holds a press conference at the Hiroshima prefectural government hall in the city of Hiroshima, western Japan, on March 10, 2014. The museum in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, will host an exhibit to mark the 85th anniversary of Anne Frank's birth.

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Japan's Holocaust museum to honor Anne Frank's memory

HIROSHIMA, Japan - File photo taken in 2005 at the Holocaust Education Center in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, shows the typewriter used by Otto Frank (R), father of Anne Frank (L), to transcribe her diary after the end of World War II. The memorial museum will host an exhibition from March 15 to May 3, 2014, memorializing the 85th anniversary of Anne Frank's birth.

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AKB48 pop group member sings 'enka' song in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Misaki Iwasa, a member of the popular pop group AKB48, performs a Japanese "enka" ballad, "Tomonoura Elegy," outside the city hall of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Feb. 18, 2014. Tomonoura, a scenic spot in the Seto Insland Sea of Japan, is famous for being the setting for Hayao Miyazaki's animated film "Ponyo."

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6 dead, 4 injured in Hiroshima hotel fire

FUKUYAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the fire-gutted remains of the Hotel Prince in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 13, 2012. Six people were killed and four others were injured in the fire that occurred in the morning.

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6 dead, 4 injured in Hiroshima hotel fire

FUKUYAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the fire-gutted remains of the Hotel Prince in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 13, 2012. Six people were killed and four others were injured in the fire that occurred in the morning.

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6 dead, 4 injured in Hiroshima hotel fire

FUKUYAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the fire-gutted remains of the Hotel Prince in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 13, 2012. Six people were killed and four others were injured in the fire that occurred in the morning.

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Governors urge gov't to halt yen's rise, deflation

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese governors including Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura (C), head of a National Governors' Association project team, submit a written request for halting the yen's steep rise and pulling Japan out of deflation to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Tetsuro Fukuyama (R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2011.

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Fukuyama, Ueno discuss NHK dramas

TOKYO, Japan - Actor and musician Masaharu Fukuyama (L) and actress Juri Ueno pose during a promotional event for the dramas in which they star respectively at the headquarters of Japan Broadcasting Corp., NHK, in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2010.

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'Ryoma-den' to be aired in Taiwan, S. Korea, Thailand

TOKYO, Japan - Actor and musician Masaharu Fukuyama speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010 , as NHK's serial television drama ''Ryoma-den'' (Ryoma Story), featuring 19th century revolutionary Ryoma Sakamoto played by Fukuyama, will be aired in Taiwan, South Korea and Thailand.

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'Ryoma-den' drama cast finishes shooting

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Fukuyama, who played legendary revolutionary Ryoma Sakamoto in the drama ''Ryoma-den,'' receives flowers after the final shoot at the headquarters of Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2010.

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'Ryoma-den' drama cast finishes shooting

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Fukuyama (C), Teruyuki Kagawa (C,L) and other members of the cast of the drama ''Ryoma-den'' pose at the headquarters of Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2010.

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Screens depicting 19th century Korean delegation unveiled

FUKUYAMA, Japan - A screen depicting Korean delegation members interacting with their Japanese hosts is unveiled to the media at the former Taichoro reception hall, which used to accommodate senior members of Korean delegations, in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Sept. 15, 2010. The screen is believed to have been made during the Bunka period (1804-1818).

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Screens depicting 19th century Korean delegation unveiled

FUKUYAMA, Japan - A pair of screens depicting the scenic Tomonoura area of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, and a visiting Korean delegation in the early 19th century is unveiled to the media at the former Taichoro reception hall, which used to accommodate senior members of Korean delegations, in Fukuyama, on Sept. 15, 2010. The screen is believed to have been made during the Bunka period (1804-1818).

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Screens depicting 19th century Korean delegation unveiled

FUKUYAMA, Japan - A screen depicting Korean delegation members interacting with their Japanese hosts is unveiled to the media at the former Taichoro reception hall, which used to accommodate senior members of Korean delegations, in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Sept. 15, 2010. The screen is believed to have been made during the Bunka period (1804-1818).

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Screens depicting 19th century Korean delegation unveiled

FUKUYAMA, Japan - A screen depicting the scenic Tomonoura area of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, near the Seto Inland Sea, believed to have been made during the Bunka period (1804-1818), is unveiled to the media in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Sept. 15, 2010. The screen, discovered in a private home, is paired with one depicting a visiting Korean delegation.

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Gaps remain between gov't and Okinawa over Futenma relocation

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (L) and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Tetsuro Fukuyama (R front) discuss the planned relocation of a key U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture in Naha on Aug. 11, 2010. Differences of opinion remain between the two sides as the prefecture opposes the government's plan and wants the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station moved outside Okinawa.

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Expert raps bridge plan that threatens landmark scenery in Inland Sea

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Gustavo Araoz, president of the International Council on Monuments and Sites, speaks to reporters during his visit to Tomonoura in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture on Nov. 4, 2009.

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U.N. to seek dialogue with N. Korea over abduction: Ban

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tetsuro Fukuyama (L) shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 22, 2009, before their talks.

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Court ruling favors preservation of landmark scenery

TOKYO, Japan - Academy Award-winning animation movie director Hayao Miyazaki speaks to reporters on Oct. 1, 2009 after a Hiroshima District Court ruling in favor of residents in western Japan seeking to block a public works project they fear will spoil the scenery in a fishing district with old historical buildings and facilities. At a press conference at his studio in Tokyo, Miyazaki, whose latest animated film ''Gake no Ue no Ponyo'' (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) was inspired by the area in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, welcomed the ruling, saying he admires the ''courage'' the judges have shown.

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Court ruling favors preservation of landmark scenery

TOKYO, Japan - Academy Award-winning animation movie director Hayao Miyazaki welcomes a Hiroshima District Court ruling on Oct. 1, 2009 in favor of residents in western Japan seeking to block a public works project they fear will spoil the scenery in a fishing district with old historical buildings and facilities. At a press conference at his studio in Tokyo, Miyazaki, whose latest animated film ''Gake no Ue no Ponyo'' (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) was inspired by the area in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, said he admires the ''courage'' the judges have shown.

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Singer Fukuyama to invite 50,000 to 'free hometown concert'

NAGASAKI, Japan - Singer Masaharu Fukuyama speaks at a press conference at the Nagasaki city assembly hall on June 29.

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Firm allegedly exports machinery for use in making nuke weapons

FUKUYAMA, Japan - Japanese police raid Horkos Corp., a machine tool manufacturing company in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 31 on suspicion that the company exported machine tools convertible for use in the development of nuclear weapons without authorization of the trade ministry.

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Anne Frank's secret annex recreated at holocaust museum in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Holocaust Education Center in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, unveils to the press on Sept. 29 a recreated room of the Amsterdam house where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis and wrote her famous diary. The center, established in 1995 by pastor Makoto Otsuka (2nd from right), who was inspired by his meeting with Anne's father Otto, will open the room to the public beginning on Oct. 2.

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Livedoor's Horie arrives in Hiroshima

FUKUYAMA, Japan - Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie (C) arrives at JR Fukuyama Station on Aug. 19 on his way to the Hiroshima No. 6 constituency, where he will run as an independent in the Sept. 11 general election to challenge Shizuka Kamei, one of the leading Liberal Democratic Party rebels against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's postal privatization legislation.

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Fire rages in JFE Steel plant in Hiroshima for 4 hours, no injuries

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A fire engine tries to put out a fire at a steel plant of JFE Steel Corp. in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Aug. 20. The fire was apparently triggered by the leakage of coke gas in a 1-meter-diameter pipe while workers were reinforcing parts to support another gas pipe, firefighters said. No casualties were reported.

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9th cow in Japan with BSE heads for incinerator

TOKYO, Japan - Parts of a slaughtered 21-month-old bullock in Hiroshima Prefecture, which was confirmed as having bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) on Nov. 4, are carried away for incineration at a slaughterhouse in Fukuyama in the prefecture on Nov. 5. It was Japan's ninth case of mad cow disease.

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Cracks found in window of Shinkansen bullet train

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken at JR Tokyo Station, shows cracks found Nov. 8 on the glass window of a Shinkansen bullet-train car. The cracks were found on a Tokyo-bound train from Hakata, Kyushu, while it was passing between Fukuyama and Shin-Kurashiki stations on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line. It was the 2nd such incident in as many days and the 5th since Oct. 21 on the same line.

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Fukuyama Castle in Hiroshima Pref.

Fukuyama Castle in the Hiroshima Prefecture city of Fukuyama, western Japan, reopens to the public on Aug. 28, 2022, the 400th anniversary of its completion in 1622, after large-scale repair work was finished.

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Fukuyama Castle in Hiroshima Pref.

Fukuyama Castle in the Hiroshima Prefecture city of Fukuyama, western Japan, reopens to the public on Aug. 28, 2022, the 400th anniversary of its completion in 1622, after large-scale repair work was finished.

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Gymnasium in Hiroshima Prefecture city of Fukuyama

Photo taken May 18, 2021, shows Fukuyama City Gymnasium in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan. The Tokyo Olympic torch relay was carried out on the premises of the gymnasium the same day without spectators amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Scenic area in Hiroshima Prefecture city of Fukuyama

Photo taken in June 2012 shows Tomonoura, a coastal scenic area in Fukuyama in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan.

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Japan opposition leader Edano to resign after poor election results

Yukio Edano (L), head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a meeting of party executives in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2021. Edano said he will resign from the post following the party's poor showing in the Oct. 31 general election. CDPJ Secretary General Tetsuro Fukuyama is seen on the right.

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Fire rages in JFE Steel plant in Hiroshima for 4 hours, no injur

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A fire engine tries to put out a fire at a steel plant of JFE Steel Corp. in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Aug. 20. The fire was apparently triggered by the leakage of coke gas in a 1-meter-diameter pipe while workers were reinforcing parts to support another gas pipe, firefighters said. No casualties were reported. (Kyodo)

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Heavy rain hits western Japan

Photo taken June 23, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows cars getting stuck on flooded streets in the western Japan city of Fukuyama. Western Japan areas have been hit by heavy rain, which caused landslides and caving of roads. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 2015 newsmakers featured on battledores

A model holds traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring newsmakers of the year 2015, created by Tokyo doll maker Kyugetsu Co., in the Japanese capital on Dec. 3, 2015. The left battledore features pop singer and actor Masaharu Fukuyama (top), whose marriage to actress Kazue Fukiishi (bottom) in September shocked his female fans and the stock price of his management agency plunging. The right battledore shows rugby player Ayumu Goromaru, whose pose before kicking became popular after Japan's participation in the World Cup between September and October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 2015 newsmakers featured on battledores

A model holds traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring newsmakers of the year 2015, created by Tokyo doll maker Kyugetsu Co., in the Japanese capital on Dec. 3, 2015. The left battledore features pop singer and actor Masaharu Fukuyama (top), whose marriage to actress Kazue Fukiishi (bottom) in September shocked his female fans and the stock price of his management agency plunging. The right battledore shows rugby player Ayumu Goromaru, whose pose before kicking became popular after Japan's participation in the World Cup between September and October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Art train in western Japan

Photo taken at a station in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, March 21, 2021, shows a train with designs of over 30 paintings owned by the locally based Ohara Museum of Art, known as the first collection of Western art in Japan. The train operated by the public-private Ibara Railway Co. will run between Soja in Okayama Prefecture and Fukuyama in Hiroshima Prefecture from March 22.

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Japan steel industry

File photo taken in December 2015 shows a plant of JFE Steel Corp. in Fukuyama, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Two workers buried in landslide at quarry in western Japan

Rescuers work at a quarry in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Oct. 26, 2017, in a search for two workers who were buried there earlier in the morning when a wall of concrete blocks collapsed and a large amount of soil stacked behind it poured out. One worker was rescued, but the other was later found dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo